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Arabic
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /miːm/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم • (mīm)
- the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (n)
- p.m., after noon (abbreviation from مساء)
- See also: ص (ṣ)
Symbol
م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم • (mīm)
- the thirteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (n).
Etymology 2
From Proto-Semitic. Sometimes thought to be derived from the pronouns present in Arabic مَا (mā), Hebrew מה (mā, “what”), and مَن (man), מי (mī, “who”), so that, for example, مُدَرِّس (mudarris, “teacher”) is originally من يُدَرِّس (man yudarris, “he who teaches”). Compare also Arabic مَكْتُوب (maktūb) versus Hebrew כתוב (kāṯūḇ), both meaning “written”, with prefix in Arabic, but without in Hebrew.
Prefix
مَـ • (ma-)
- a prefix used to create nouns of place
- خَبَزَ (ḵabaza, “to bake”) → مَخْبِز (maḵbiz, “bakery”, literally “place of making bread”)
- دَرَسَ (darasa, “to study”) → مَدْرَسَة (madrasa, “school”, literally “place of studying”)
Prefix
مِـ • (mi-)
- a prefix used to create instrument nouns
- فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”) → مِفْتَاح (miftāḥ, “key”, literally “instrument for opening”)
- وَزَنَ (wazana, “to weigh”) → مِيزَان (mīzān, “scales”, literally “instrument of weighing”)
Prefix
مُـ • (mu-)
- a prefix that forms part of the pattern for participles from verb form II upwards, as well as all four-root verbs, i. e. all participles that are not from verb form I
- دَرَّسَ (darrasa, “to teach”) → مُدَرِّسٌ (mudarrisun, “teacher”)
- اِسْتَشْفَى (istašfā, “to seek a cure”) → مُسْتَشْفًى (mustašfan, “hospital”, literally “place where cure is sought”)
See also
- (Arabic script letters) ا (ā), ب (b), ت (t), ث (ṯ), ج (j), ح (ḥ), خ (ḵ), د (d), ذ (ḏ), ر (r), ز (z), س (s), ش (š), ص (ṣ), ض (ḍ), ط (ṭ), ظ (ẓ), ع (ʿ), غ (ḡ), ف (f), ق (q), ك (k), ل (l), م (m), ن (n), ه (h), و (w), ي (y)
- Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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Balti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/, [m]
Letter
م (m)
- The thirty-eighth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Burushaski
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/, [m]
Letter
م
- The thirty-ninth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Kashmiri
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /miːm/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
م • (m)
- The thirty-seventh letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
See also
- Previous letter: ل (l)
- Next letter: ن (n)
Kazakh
| Cyrillic | М, м (M, m) |
|---|---|
| Arabic | م (م) |
| Latin |
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /miːm/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
م • (m)
- The twentieth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter М.
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
See also
- Previous letter: ل (ل)
- Next letter: ن (ن)
- (Arabic script letters) ا (ا), ب (ب), پ (پ), ﺕ (ﺕ), ﺝ (ﺝ), ﭺ (ﭺ), ﺡ (ﺡ), ﺩ (ﺩ), ﺭ (ﺭ), ﺯ (ﺯ), ﺱ (ﺱ), ﺵ (ﺵ), ﻉ (ﻉ), ﻑ (ﻑ), ﻕ (ﻕ), ك (ك), گ (گ), ڭ (ڭ), ﻝ (ﻝ), ﻡ (ﻡ), ﻥ (ﻥ), ە (ە), ھ (ھ), و (و), ۇ (ۇ), ۋ (ۋ), ۆ (ۆ), ى (ى), ي (ي).
Khowar
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /mim/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
م (mīm)
- The forty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
See also
- Previous letter: ڵ
- Next letter: ن
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [mem]
- (Phoneme) IPA(key): [m]
Letter
م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
See also
- (Arabic script letters) حروف; ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ [edit]
Pashto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /mim/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
م • (mim)
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
See also
- Previous letter: ل
- Next letter: ن
Persian
Pronunciation
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Letter
م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم • (mim)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل and followed by ن. Its name is میم (mim).
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian [script needed] (-om).
Suffix
ـُم • (-om)
| Dari | ـم |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | -ум (-um) |
- -th; creates ordinal numbers
- پنجم ― panj-om ― fifth
- بیست و یکم ― bist-o yek-om ― twenty-first
- -th; creates fractions
- یک ششم میوه ― yek šeš-om-e mive ― a sixth of the fruit
Usage notes
An ordinal number formed by the suffix ـم (-om) behaves syntactically as a regular adjective, unlike the cardinals, and takes the ezâfe.
- بيست قرن ― bist qarn ― twenty centuries
- قرن بيستم ― qarn-e bistom ― twentieth century
Persian has two ways to form the ordinals: ـم (-om), and the related ـمین (-omin). The -om forms have a stronger connotation of labeling, while the -omin forms have a stronger connotation of counting according to a certain criterion. The -omin forms also precede the attributed noun without the ezâfe.
- خانه سوم خیابان ― xâne-ye sevvom-e xiyâbân ― third house on the street [out of all houses]
- سومین خانه سیاه خیابان ― sevvomin xâne-ye siyâh-e xiyâbân ― the third black house on the street
For "first" in isolation (but not in compounds), یکم (yekom) is much less common than the Arabic-borrowed اول (avval).
Etymology 3
From می (mē-, mi-).
Prefix
م • (me, mo)
- (dialectal, Mashhad) A non-combining prefix used in the present and the imperfect tenses
- او جرأت نِمِکِرد. کی جرأت مِکِرد؟
- U jor'at nemekerd. Ki jor'at mekerd?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Sindhi
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /miːm/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
م (mīm)
- The forty-seventh letter of the Sindhi abjad.
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
See also
- Previous letter: ل (ل)
- Next letter: ن (ن)
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /miːm/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /m/
Letter
م • (mīm)
- The thirty-first letter of the Urdu abjad.
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
See also
- Previous letter: ل
- Next letter: ن
Uyghur
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /me/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
م • (me)
- The twenty-second letter of the Uyghur alphabet.
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
See also
- Previous letter: ل (l)
- Next letter: ن (n)
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /mí/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
م (m)
- The fourteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script m..
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
See also
- Previous letter: ل
- Next letter: ن